P^ONIA 



PALAUA 



1191 



Some horticultural forms, with nearly single flowers of 

 recent importation and not yet much used, are: anem- 

 onsefldra, crimson, globular fls., with a mass of twisted 

 crimson stamens, edged with yellow. A.G. 17:663. Un. 



1618. Pseonia tenuifolia (X %) 



31:599; blanda, pale pink; lobata, Ivs. distintly lobed: fls. 

 cerise-salmon, a very unusual color; Otto Froehet, deep 

 salmon-red; rbsea, rich deep rose; tiaWui, rich deep 

 crimson petals and yellow stamens. L.l-!.*'. 11:107."); 

 (S«»6eam, rich cerise-salmon. Some of the l;ii-i,''st ilnw- 

 ered Peonies, with double flowers, are : otntrHlxtis 

 plena, deep blood-red; Donhle Anemone-flowered J^ed; 

 Double Anemone- flowered ^ose; Old Double Red; Old 

 Double Rose; Old Double Flesh-WJiite. 



Var, festlva, Tausch. Fls. white, with red centers. 

 Native of Europe. 



7. dficora, Anders, Stems 2-3 ft. high: Ivs. horizon- 

 tal, diminishing to the top ; Ifts. oblong-obtuse : fls. 

 rather small: petals few, small, narrow: peduncle long: 

 follicles hairy, large, spreading from the base when 

 mature. S. Eu. Two garden forms are: Gertrude Je- 

 I'yU, rich crimson; Monte Gear, pink. 



Var. Pillasii, Anders. Lvs. narrow-oblong: fls. rich 

 crimson. 



Var. el&tior, Anders. Lvs. broadly oblong: fls. rich 

 crimson, very large: receptacle with few processes, and 

 a connection between the carpels at their base of similar 

 surface and appearance to that of the carpels. 



8. peregrina, Mill. Stems about lV^-2 ft. high: lvs. 

 5-6 on a stem, deep green and glabrous above, pale 

 green and pilose beneath; otherwise the lvs. and fls. 

 are much like those of P. officinalis. Europe. Two 

 beautiful garden forms with double fls. are: amaran- 

 theficens spJUriva and palcherrima plena, the latter dif- 

 fering from the former in the purple shade of crim- 

 son fls. The 7 following have recently been imported 

 from England. They have fls. with usually a single 

 whorl of petals: BlHshhiff Maid, blush pink; Brilliant, 

 bright purple-crimson; Bi/zanflna, crimson; cowpdcta, 

 plant dwarf and bushy: fls. crimson : Ej-quisite, soft 

 satiny pink ; Ritby Queen, bright ruby red ; Seraph, 

 bright pink. 



9. paradbxa* Anders. Plant one of the dwarf est: lvs. 

 in a dense tuft; Ifts. 3-lobed and incised: fls. purple- 

 red: carpels pressed closely together. Trieste. — Dif- 

 fers from P. peregrina by smaller ovate and more glau- 

 cous leaves, leaflets more divided and crowded. Var. 

 fimbri&ta, Hort. Double purple fls., with projecting 

 purple stamens ; very pretty, but not much cult, in 

 America. 



10. arietlna, Anders. Stem 2-3 ft. high, hairy toward 

 the top: ivs. 5-6 on a stem, rather glaucous and pubes- 

 cent beneath ; segments oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 

 strongly confluent, decurrent: fls. always solitary, dark 

 red, large : follicles 3-4, densely tomciituse, ovoid, 

 spreading widely, becoming 1 in. Un\ix., stmni^^y arched; 

 stigma recurved. Southern Eumjn'. V,.\i. 10:819 (as 

 P. Crf^tca). -There are a number of lu.rticiiltural va- 

 rieties. Eleven of these are: Andirsinni ,\n-\'^\\X rose; 

 i^flx^eri, crimson; Cr&tica, blusli-pink ; Cmivu I'fim;', 

 deep rich crimson; Dioqcncif, bright crini.son; A\rrt/I- 

 sior, brilliant rose; Matador, pure rose; iVorthfrn 

 Glory, large, soft rose-pink ; Penelope, bright rose; 

 Purple Fmperor, crimson -purple ; Rosy Gem, rose- 

 pink. 



P. i?r&;^r/. Boiss. & Reut. Fls. red, varying to white. Allied 

 to P. offieiualis and corallina in lvs. and habit. — P. coraU'ina, 

 Retz. Tall: lower lvs. only biternate: fls. crimson; petals 

 rounded: follicles ornamental.— P. coriacea, Boiss. Allied to 

 P. albiflora: Ifts. very broad: fls. bright crimson ; stigma 

 purple: follicles glabrous.— P. Cdrsica, Wieber. Much like the 

 preceding.— P. Embdi, Wall. Closely related to and sometimes 

 called a synonym of P. anomala. B.M. 5719. Gn. 45:946.— P. 

 hiimilis, Retz. Rather low: fls. bright red: cai-pels glabrous. 

 B.M. 1422.— P. 7nicrocdrpa, Boiss. & Rent. Allied to the pre- 

 ceding, but dwarfer. Var. Jonathan Gibson is a garden form, 

 with very downy lvs.— P. ?j»(I/^i's, Anders. Low: fls. deep red 

 aud subsessile. L.B.C. 13:1203.- P. oborata, Maxim. Lower 

 lvs. not more than twice ternate: fls. large, red-purple: folli- 

 cles glabrous.— P. puUms, Sims. Allied to P. arietina: lvs. 

 hairy below, margins red. B,^I. 'J'2nj — /* I,\>ssi. Kim-h Alliid 

 to P. corallina. but with the hs .l.'.-i<l.'.ll,\ li.-iiry ]''-]<-\v ~- P. 

 sessilifldra, Sims. Nearly relnini in r niMlli--; n.tv Imv. lis. 

 subsessile, white.— P. trlternatn. I';ili:is, I tjiTrrs t'min 1'. '■m-il- 

 lina in its rounded lvs., green stem, .ami rose tls. B,i\l. 1^ II ( I'. 

 Daurica).— P. WkiUeyi, Hort. Fls. single, white, large; slioiild 

 be considered as a variety of P. albitiora. Gu. 36:708.-7*. Wift- 

 manidna, Stev. Beautiful pale yellow fls.: follicles gl;tl.rous. 

 B.M. 6645. K. C. Davis. 



PAINTED CUP. Castilleia. 



PAINTED LEAF. Fuphorhia heterophylla, 



PALAFOXIA Hookeriana. See Polypteris. 



1619. Pseonia officinalis (X K). 



FALAtfA (after A. Palau y Verdera, professor of bot- 

 any at Madrid the latter half of the eighteenth century). 

 Also written Palava. Malviicem. P. flexuosa is a half- 

 hardy annual, with prettily cut foliage and 5-petaled 

 pale rose fls. about IH in- across, borne in summer and 

 fall. Palaua is a genus of 5 species, 4 from Peru and 1 

 from Burma. They are annual or perennial herbs, to- 

 mentose or somewhat glabrous: lvs. usually lobed, dis- 

 sected or sinuate: bractlets 0: fls. axillary, peduncled. 



